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SKIRT MEASURER AND PATTERN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1906.

Application Sled October 16, 1905. Serial No. 283,068.

To @ZZ whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, J Ennis GTIGHT, acitizen of the United States,residing at St. Anthony, in the county of Marshall and State of Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt Measurers andPatterns, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved skirt measurer and pattern, and hasfor its object the provision of a device which may be applied directlyto the person for securin the measure and form of the skirt desired. thedevice is applied to the person the goods from which the skirt is to becut are attached directly to the measuring device. Then the device maybe laid Hat upon a table and the material from which the skirt is to beformed, cut, or trimmed, using the device as a pattern. As thedimensions and form of the person are thus accurately determined, thenecessity for fitting the skirt to the person is obviated.

With these objects in view the invention consists of a flexible devicecomprising measuring-strips connected so that the size and form of thedevice may be extended or contracted and also provided with means lforhanging or draping the material from which the skirt is to be formed onthe person.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one example of thecomplete physical embodiment of my invention, wherein- Figure 1 is aview of the device applied for use. Fig. 2 is a plan view of theinvention. Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing two plates or strips insection and the fastening means therefor. Fig. 4 is a sectional view ofan extensiblejoint between two plates, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view ofa pivoted joint between two plates or strips.

The device consists, essentially, of the upper or waist section i, thebottom or lower member 2, the front section 3, which connects the upperand lower sections and is to be applied or used as the front measurementof the skirt, the rear section 4, and the two side or hip sections 5 6.These sections are all preferably constructed of metal-such as brass,white-metal, or aluminiurn-and are connected in such manner that thedevice as a whole may be made to assume and accurately measure andfurnish a pattern for any desired size and form. or'skirt. Each of theoutside sections is or may be provided with a scale, preferably ininches. At the four joints of the Waist, front, rear, and bottomsections, a rivet, as 7 8 9 l0, is provided to connect the members, andthese rivets form loose pivots for the joints to turn on. The two sideor hip sections are also pivoted, as at 11 11, to the waist-section.

To render the device ilexible and capable of easy manipulation inadapting the same in use, the sections are preferably made up of shortplates or strips, as 1, 2', 3', e', 5', and 6', and in all instances,with exceptions, as will be noted, these plates or strips are ada ted tobe fastened to ether with adetachable joint comprisinga ba l 12 andsocket-joint 13, as illustrated clearly in Fig. 3. Preferably a numberof balls 12 are provided a teach joint, so that the length of thesections, consisting of these strips, may be extended or contracted atwill byusin one or the other of the balls 12.

The side or hip sections 5 and 6 are preferably slotted at their lowerends, as at 5 and 6, respectively, and at the point of juncture of thesetwo members or sections with the bottom section said section is providedwith slots 2l and 2b, respectively, and these vertical and longitudinalslots have the set-screws 14 passed therethrough, which enga e nuts l5.Thus it will be seen that the si e or hip members may be moved to orfrom each other, and the bottom section may be brought nearer to orfarther from the upper or waist section, and the movable attachmentmeans in the front, rear, and side sections allows an extension orcontraction of these members.

The upper or waist section, the lower or bottom section, and, ifdesired, the front and rear sections may be provided with pins or sharphooks 16, over which the material for the skirt may be hung or draped.

It will be understood that the number of lates or strips comprising thesections may be increased, and the number of tem orary I oints ofattachment or fasteners may lie also increased, if found desirable.

In using the device the section 3 is held to the person at the frontcenter and then the device carried around to the rear until the backsection 4 is at the rear center, the upper and lower sections areadjusted for the circumferential measurements and form, and then thefront and rear sections are adjusted for the height of the skirt. Theskirt material is then draped or hunr over the hooks 16 on the device,and the device, with the mateterial thereon, is taken from the person,

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spread out flat, and the cutting or trimming is proceeded with, thusproducing the sections of the skirt ready for sewing together.

Havin thus fully described my inventionA what I clgaim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the character described ca pable of adaptation as to formand size on a person, and provided with means for temporarily securinithe material from which the garment is to e cut.

2. A device of the character described consisting of a Waist-section anda bottom section,` extensible sections connecting the same7 and meansfor temporarily securin the materia] from which the skirt is to beashioned.

3. A device of the character described consisting of a Waist-section, abottom section,

and front, side and rear sections connecting the same7 all of saidsections being extensible, and means on the device for securing thematerial from which the skirt is to be cut.

4. A device of the character described consistng of a Waist-section, abottom section, and front, side and rear sections connecting the same,all of said sections being extensible, and pins on some of the sectionsfor securing the material from which the skirt is to be fashioned.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

J ENNIE C. TIGHT.

Witnesses:

C. W. RANKIN, ELVA E. RANKIN.

